Definitions for the word, rifle

(n.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

(n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.

(n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

(v. i.) To commit robbery.

(v. i.) To raffle.

(v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.

(v. t.) To raffle.

(v. t.) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

(v. t.) To strip; to rob; to pillage.

(v. t.) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.


32 words found in the Scrabble word, rifle



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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